As much as I hate to think it, and since I just took it up, they way black powder transporting is getting worse, I think us black powder shooters are eventually going to be in a bad way.......Wholesale Sports didnt even have black powder and neither did P&D or Phoenix here in Edmonton.....Inland Pacific told me to buy what I needed cause they are running into major problems finding carriers for the powder.......
The damn things have been around for hundreds of years and now we have problems....go figure.
As for modern stuff, I have to put my two-bits in for the 710 going the way of the dodo bird.....it gets too much bad press, even from the guys selling them......